It was built into a battle of two ideologies. Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion from 1937-1941. In one corner was Schmeling, representing Hitler (though Schmeling wasn't a Nazi) and ...

The year was 1938. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party had just annexed Austria. Humanity held its breath as the world teetered ...

George Foreman didn't pick Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier or Evander Holyfield when naming his greatest heavyweight of all time.

The white champion didn't take up Johnson's offer, and in Chicago's Comiskey Park on June 22, 1937, Louis knocked out Braddock in the eighth round — to become Heavyweight Champion of the World.